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UT El Paso-led team designs cactus-inspired low-cost, efficient water-splitting catalyst

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Researchers led by engineers at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) have proposed a low-cost, cactus-inspired nickel-based material to help split water more cheaply and efficiently. —Navid Attarzadeh Attarzadeh wondered what if they designed a 3D nickel-based catalyst in the shape of the prickly pear cactus?

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Werner piloting Aurora’s autonomous trucks on 600-mile route in Texas

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Starting this week, Aurora Driver-powered trucks are hauling loads between Fort Worth and El Paso on behalf of Werner. Introducing an autonomous route between Fort Worth and El Paso allows Werner to move freight seamlessly and reliably on a subset of one of its most voluminous lanes.

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Texas Automated Vehicle Proving Ground Partnership forms; applying for national designation

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El Paso Area — Tornillo/Guadalupe Port of Entry. The Texas AV Proving Ground Partnership is also applying for USDOT designation as a national proving ground. Designated facilities will open for testing by 1 January2018. Dallas/Fort Worth/Arlington Area — UTA campus, Arlington streets, I-30 corridor and Managed Lanes.

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NIST awards $7.4M in grants for additive manufacturing research

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Technical challenges include inadequate data on the properties of materials used, limited process control, lack of standardized tests for qualifying machine performance and limited modeling and design tools. The new projects aim to address those challenges.

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Researchers achieve highest specific capacitance of 638 F g-1 using covalent triazine-based framework on nanostructured spherical carbon

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Researchers from the University of Bialystok (Poland), the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) and colleagues have achieved the highest specific capacitance value reported of 638 F g −1 in aqueous acidic solutions by combining spherical carbon nanostructures with covalent triazine-based frameworks.

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Tesla supplier Pegatron is building a parts plant in Texas

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Recent reports have indicated that Taiwan’s Pegatron has selected a site in El Paso, Texas, for an upcoming production facility that would provide parts for American electric car maker Tesla. El Paso is an interesting choice for a site that would likely support Tesla, considering it is over 500 miles away from Travis County. .

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UTEP Awarded Nearly $1.3M for 4 DOE Projects On Engine and Turbine Efficiency and CO2 Capture

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The Department of Energy (DOE) recently awarded The University of Texas at El Paso grants totaling nearly $1.3 The DOE also awarded $200,000 to support a project for which Ramana will develop nanostructured sensors designed to detect low levels of toxic hydrogen sulfide gas in advanced power systems. Ramana, Ph.D.,

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